Vincentian Creole English
E71600
Vincentian Creole English is an English-based Caribbean creole language spoken primarily by the people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vincentian Creole | 2 |
| Vincentian English Creole | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caribbean creole language
ⓘ
English-based creole language ⓘ creole language ⓘ spoken language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Southern Lesser Antillean English creoles group ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Standard English ⓘ |
| developedFrom | contact between English and African languages in the colonial period ⓘ |
| developedIn | plantation society of Saint Vincent ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nation language of Saint Vincent
ⓘ
Vincentian ⓘ Vincentian Creole English ⓘ
surface form:
Vincentian Creole
Vincentian Creole English ⓘ
surface form:
Vincentian English Creole
Vincentian dialect ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Vincentians ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
copula deletion in some contexts
ⓘ
pronoun system distinct from Standard English ⓘ tense-mood-aspect particles ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
British English
ⓘ
French Creole ⓘ
surface form:
French creole languages
Indigenous Caribbean languages ⓘ West African languages ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | no separate ISO 639-3 code as of early 2020s ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant cluster reduction
ⓘ
non-rhoticity in many speakers ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | exists in a continuum with Standard English ⓘ |
| hasStatus | not an official language of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ |
| hasTypicalWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Grenadian Creole English
ⓘ
Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ other Southern Lesser Antillean English creoles ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | creole linguistics research ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic English creole
ⓘ
Caribbean English creole ⓘ English creole ⓘ |
| primaryLexifierLanguage | English ⓘ |
| region |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Grenadine Islands
ⓘ
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NERFINISHED ⓘ island of Saint Vincent ⓘ |
| usedAs |
language of informal communication
ⓘ
vernacular language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday conversation
ⓘ
music ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vincentian Creole
this entity surface form:
Vincentian Creole
this entity surface form:
Vincentian English Creole